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SRF Ribeye - another try

ElkhornHusker
ElkhornHusker Posts: 493
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I am giving the SRF Ribeye another try.  Tips on how to grill it?  Prep suggestions?  I want to give it a fair shot and get the best from it.  So far I have been extremely disappointed in the 3 different steaks I purchased from SRF, but willing to give it another shot.
Elkhorn, NE
1 large egg
28" Blackstone
Akorn Jr. 
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    Cook it the way you always cook a rib eye. That way you have something to compare to
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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    Here's what I would do.  Light the grill in three spots, get it up to 400-450 dome.  Take out a SRF steak and one of your regular steaks that you like.  Throw your usual steak on the grill and send the SRF steak to me.  Win-win!
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,836
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Grill it to IT 130, rest it and then eat it.  Ribeyes, unlike all other steaks are better cooked beyond MR IMHO.  SRF should be amazing.
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    bgebrent said:
     Ribeyes, unlike all other steaks are better cooked beyond MR IMHO. 
    You been hitting them IPA's too hard?
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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    I'm with @bgebrent on that one as much as it pains me ;) I like my ribeye 130-135.  i'll drink some IPAs regardless to be safe. 
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    blind99 said:
    I'm with @bgebrent on that one as much as it pains me ;) I like my ribeye 130-135.  i'll drink some IPAs regardless to be safe. 
    I am indeed a pain brother blind ;)
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • ElkhornHusker
    ElkhornHusker Posts: 493
    bgebrent said:
    Grill it to IT 130, rest it and then eat it.  Ribeyes, unlike all other steaks are better cooked beyond MR IMHO.  SRF should be amazing.
    Well so far I have not been impressed with SRF's products.  
    Elkhorn, NE
    1 large egg
    28" Blackstone
    Akorn Jr. 
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    ElkhornHusker said:
    bgebrent said:
    Grill it to IT 130, rest it and then eat it.  Ribeyes, unlike all other steaks are better cooked beyond MR IMHO.  SRF should be amazing.
    Well so far I have not been impressed with SRF's products.  
    Are you talking the Kobe or Double RR ranch? Double rd ranch is choice plus and I personally prefer CAB over double r due to cost. The Kobe is very different. Many of those steak pack specials are not kobe  though.
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  • ElkhornHusker
    ElkhornHusker Posts: 493
    Grilled one tonight, very disappointed and will never buy or recommend SRF again.
    Elkhorn, NE
    1 large egg
    28" Blackstone
    Akorn Jr. 
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  • bhedges1987
    bhedges1987 Posts: 3,201
    ElkhornHusker said:
    Grilled one tonight, very disappointed and will never buy or recommend SRF again.
    I feel I can get similar tasting stuff at local meat markets as well for 1/4 the price. I do think their ground beef is outstanding though. Steaks however, the quality of meat I get around me tastes about as good. 

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    Why don't you tell us how you cooked it and what you are comparing it to

    I am one of the biggest pains in the *ss about dry aging. And I will be the first to tell you that I didn't notice any difference between the normal cheap crap i used to cook and the $75 dry aged thing i bougt at Julia Child's butcher. 

    No big deal

    bur fast forward a couple years of paying attention to what I was doing and then there actually WAS a difference 

    nothing  changed except my ability to appreciate the difference

    sometimes it really is all bvllshit

    and sometimes it is actually just us
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    No disrespect but doubt it's the meats fault. Perhaps your expectations are too high. Are you saying it is the same end product as your regular grocery store steak? Worse? Details...

    I am not one of the forum members who has to have SRF and Rockwood. In fact I have never had either. But something tells me this is an Indian and not the arrow type of thing. Just saying. Carry on. Burp
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  • admiral21
    admiral21 Posts: 25
    If you are disappointed in a SRF steak then you probably aren't salting it enough or cooking it incorrectly.  If it tastes bad, I would put every dollar I have on it being the chefs error.  How much salt are you using? How long are you salting it for? How did you cook it?
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  • ElkhornHusker
    ElkhornHusker Posts: 493
    Chubbs said:
    No disrespect but doubt it's the meats fault. Perhaps your expectations are too high. Are you saying it is the same end product as your regular grocery store steak? Worse? Details...

    I am not one of the forum members who has to have SRF and Rockwood. In fact I have never had either. But something tells me this is an Indian and not the arrow type of thing. Just saying. Carry on. Burp
    I guess when you pay $80 per pound I will have high expectations and really should be a WOW steak.  I had a choice ribeye from Costco at $9.99 per pound and that one was better than the SRF Kobe.
    Elkhorn, NE
    1 large egg
    28" Blackstone
    Akorn Jr. 
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  • ElkhornHusker
    ElkhornHusker Posts: 493
    I grilled it rare tonight.
    Elkhorn, NE
    1 large egg
    28" Blackstone
    Akorn Jr. 
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  • bhedges1987
    bhedges1987 Posts: 3,201
    If he's from Nebraska (just guessing by his user name) he's probably grown up with some of the best beef in the country his whole life. Same with me. It doesn't get much better than fresh prime beef from Texas, Kansas, Nebraska. That's why SRF isn't worth the money for me. 

    I can can pay $90 for two frozen SRF filets or $25 for two fresh cut prime filets from a local butcher or meat market. 

    Maybe the SRF tastes a little better. But not $65 better. 

    Now the the local grocery stores it's not even close. Those can't compete. But if you know where to get the good stuff around here it's top of the line quality. Just my opinion. 

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  • SoCalWJS
    SoCalWJS Posts: 407
    Interesting reading the different experiences everybody has had. I've been tempted to try SRF, but the price scares me away.

    All I can say as that not all cows are the same - that is, if I go to Costco or my favorite Local Butcher and pick out what I think is a very good looking steak, and then cook it correctly, I get get different results. Sometimes very happy, sometimes it's just OK.

    I'll look at my wife and say "Bad Cow" or "Good Cow" depending on how I like it. I know it's not my fault - I cooked it perfectly.  =)

    YMMV
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  • ElkhornHusker
    ElkhornHusker Posts: 493
    bhedges1987 said:
    If he's from Nebraska (just guessing by his user name) he's probably grown up with some of the best beef in the country his whole life. Same with me. It doesn't get much better than fresh prime beef from Texas, Kansas, Nebraska. That's why SRF isn't worth the money for me. 

    I can can pay $90 for two frozen SRF filets or $25 for two fresh cut prime filets from a local butcher or meat market. 

    Maybe the SRF tastes a little better. But not $65 better. 

    Now the the local grocery stores it's not even close. Those can't compete. But if you know where to get the good stuff around here it's top of the line quality. Just my opinion. 
    Grew up in Nebraska and currently reside here now, after a decade in Colorado.  I had a T-Bone from a local meat market in Omaha and it was the best steak I ever had.
    Elkhorn, NE
    1 large egg
    28" Blackstone
    Akorn Jr. 
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  • J-dubya
    J-dubya Posts: 173
    I assume the issue/complaint is flavor?  If so, is the problem lack of flavor, or do you just not like the flavor?  Was your previous "best steak ever" grass fed? 
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